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NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:51 pmby Club508
I found a new maximum game altitude for FS9!
104921 feet!
I found this out in an F-14 Tomcat.
This is NOT an edited screenshot!
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:32 pmby Strategic Retreat
Defective altimeter? :-?
Why haven't you double checked pressing SHIFT-Z? 
That and... why did you slew a F14 up to these heights (after all a F14 maximum ceiling is way below that)? 
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:28 pmby Club508
I did not do any slew, and I reset the altimiter multiple times, but iit still read 104921ft.
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:20 amby DaveSims
That is because your altimeter is set to 29.92 like it should be above 18,000 feet. However that is not your actual altitude above the ground.
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:20 amby Club508
[quote]That is because your altimeter is set to 29.92 like it should be above 18,000 feet.
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:07 amby JoBee
450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:55 pmby DaveSims
What I mean is, if all you are doing to reset your altimeter is pushing B, flight sim will automatically reset your altimeter to 29.92 when you are above 18,000 feet.
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:58 pmby DaveSims
450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle
It actually can be done. Years ago the USAF had a program to shoot down enemy satellites (ASAT) using F-15 fighters. The fighter would climb to 20,000 feet like normal, then accelerate to top speed. Then it would pull up into what is known as a zoom climb at full power. The aircraft would reach 80,000+ feet, then fire its missile at the satellite.
Re: NEW MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
Posted:
Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:28 pmby Club508
450 knots, 100,000+ ft, climbing at 2000 fpm,.....only in the Space Shuttle
It actually can be done.